John "Toast" Oast is a native of Portsmouth, Virginia and currently resides in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. Oast is the founder of the Pennsylvania Kayak Fishing Association and the Williamsburg Kayak Fishing Association in Virginia. He also owns Susquehanna Fishing Magazine and SusquehannaFishing.com, an online publication serving the Susquehanna River regions of New York, Pennsylvania, and Maryland.
He is a member of the Ocean Kayak Fishing Team and Dunkin-Lewis/Johnon Outdoors Pro Staff, the East Coast Kayak Fishing Team, and the TFO Pro Staff. Oast's kayak fishing exploits have been featured in various regional and national publications, and he travels extensively competing in kayak fishing tournaments and promoting the sport. Oast is proficient with both fly and conventional tackle, and can often be found fishing for any of the Chesapeake Bay's abundant species of fish, or floating Pennsylvania's rivers and lakes for bass, crappie or anything else he stumbles upon.
John "Toast" Oast is a native of Portsmouth, Virginia and currently resides in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. Oast is the founder of the Pennsylvania Kayak Fishing Association and the Williamsburg Kayak Fishing Association in Virginia. He also owns S...